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StepsToConfigure LoadBalancer

The document outlines the steps to configure an Application Load Balancer in AWS, starting from launching two instances to creating the load balancer. It includes details on selecting the load balancer type, configuring security groups, and registering target instances. Finally, it emphasizes the importance of noting the DNS name for hosting the application and the need to delete the instances afterward.

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StepsToConfigure LoadBalancer

The document outlines the steps to configure an Application Load Balancer in AWS, starting from launching two instances to creating the load balancer. It includes details on selecting the load balancer type, configuring security groups, and registering target instances. Finally, it emphasizes the importance of noting the DNS name for hosting the application and the need to delete the instances afterward.

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Steps to configure an Application load balancer in

AWS
Step 1: Launch the two instances on the AWS management console named
Instance A and Instance B. Go to services and select the load balancer. To create
AWS free tier account refer to Amazon Web Services (AWS) – Free Tier
Account Set up.

Step 2: Click on Create the load balancer.


Step 3: Select Application Load Balancer and click on Create.

Step 4: Here you are required to configure the load balancer. Write the name
of the load balancer. Choose the scheme as internet facing.
Step 5: Add at least 2 availability zones. Select us-east-1a and us-east-1b

Step 6: We don’t need to do anything here. Click on Next: Configure Security


Groups
Step 7: Select the default security group. Click on Next: Configure Routing

Step 8: Choose the name of the target group to be my target group. Click on
Next: Register Targets.
Step 9: Choose instance A and instance B and click on Add to register. Click on
Next: Review.

Step 10: Review all the configurations and click on create


Step 11: Congratulations!! You have successfully created a load balancer. Click
on close.

Step 12: This highlighted part is the DNS name which when copied in the URL
will host the application and will distribute the incoming traffic efficiently
between the two instances.
Step 13: This is the listener port 80 which listens to all the incoming requests

Step 14: This is the target group that we have created


Step 15: Now we need to delete the instance. Go to Actions -> Click on
Delete.

Step 16: Also don’t forget to terminate the instances.

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